'We heard a loud thud and there was dust everywhere'

Located in the congested Gaondevi area in Kalwa west, the portion of Sonubai Niwas, a three-storied structure housing 12 tenements, came crashing down at 4.30 pm IST.

"We heard a loud thud and there was dust everywhere and we were not able to see what had happened. We suspected that it would be our adjacent building, as it was in visibly bad condition," said Naturam Patil, who resides in the neighbouring building.

Residents of Babu Hafeez Jindani building were lucky

The residents of Sonubai Niwas were not as fortunate as the residents of Babu Hafeez Jindani building, also in Kalwa, who realised that their structure was sinking and escaped in the nick of time on August 3.

Local Member of Legislative Assembly Jitendra Awhad had earlier warned that there would many more collapses owing to poor constructions on marshy land.